Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.9
त्वाम् अग्ने हविष्मन्तो देवम् मर्तास ईळते । मन्ये त्वा जातवेदसं स हव्या वक्ष्य् आनुषक् ॥
tvām agne haviṣmanto devam martāsa īḷate | manye tvā jātavedasaṃ sa havyā vakṣy ānuṣak ||
Bearing; oblations mortal men, O Agni, worship thee the God. I deem thee Jatavedas: bear our offerings, thou, unceasingly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् होता दास्वतः क्षयस्य वृक्तबर्हिषः । सं यज्ञासश् चरन्ति यं सं वाजासः श्रवस्यवः ॥
agnir hotā dāsvataḥ kṣayasya vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | saṃ yajñāsaś caranti yaṃ saṃ vājāsaḥ śravasyavaḥ ||
In the man's home who offers gifts, where grass is trimmed, Agni is Priest, To whom all sacrifices come and strengthenings that win renown.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्म यं शिशुं यथा नवं जनिष्टारणी । धर्तारम् मानुषीणां विशाम् अग्निं स्वध्वरम् ॥
uta sma yaṃ śiśuṃ yathā navaṃ janiṣṭāraṇī | dhartāram mānuṣīṇāṃ viśām agniṃ svadhvaram ||
Whom, as an infant newly-born, the kindling-sticks have brought to life, Sustainer of the tribes of men, skilled in well-ordered sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्म दुर्गृभीयसे पुत्रो न ह्वार्याणाम् । पुरू यो दग्धासि वनाग्ने पशुर् न यवसे ॥
uta sma durgṛbhīyase putro na hvāryāṇām | purū yo dagdhāsi vanāgne paśur na yavase ||
Yea, very hard art thou to grasp, like offspring of the wriggling snakes, When thou consumest many woods like an ox, Agni, in the mead.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध स्म यस्यार्चयः सम्यक् संयन्ति धूमिनः । यद् ईम् अह त्रितो दिव्य् उप ध्मातेव धमति शिशीते ध्मातरी यथा ॥
adha sma yasyārcayaḥ samyak saṃyanti dhūminaḥ | yad īm aha trito divy upa dhmāteva dhamati śiśīte dhmātarī yathā ||
Whose flames, when thou art sending forth the smoke, completely reach the mark, When Trta in the height of heaven, like as a smelter fanneth thee, e'en as a smelter sharpeneth thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तवाहम् अग्न ऊतिभिर् मित्रस्य च प्रशस्तिभिः । द्वेषोयुतो न दुरिता तुर्याम मर्त्यानाम् ॥
tavāham agna ūtibhir mitrasya ca praśastibhiḥ | dveṣoyuto na duritā turyāma martyānām ||
O Agni, by thy succour and by Mitra's friendly furtherance, May we, averting hate, subdue the wickedness of mortal men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं नो अग्ने अभी नरो रयिं सहस्व आ भर । स क्षेपयत् स पोषयद् भुवद् वाजस्य सातय उतैधि पृत्सु नो वृधे ॥
taṃ no agne abhī naro rayiṃ sahasva ā bhara | sa kṣepayat sa poṣayad bhuvad vājasya sātaya utaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe ||
O Agni, to our heroes bring such riches, thou victorious God. May he protect and nourish us, and help in gaining strength: be thou near us in fight for our success.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)